Hou en Trou:
Less than a century ago,
there was a time when people believed
they could change the world. Regardless
what deity they followed - God, Class,
Humanity or Race- these people came
together in big mass rallies, to sing
and march towards a Better Future. We
all know what came of these beliefs and
ideologies: tyranny, mass murder, and
war. Still, the ideologies of the
1920’ s and 1930’ s, with their symbols,
slogans and songs that could mobilize
millions, never cease to fascinate
us post-modern people of the West,
who live in a world without direction
or hope. Their songs of a New Order,
suffocated in blood, serve as both
drawing material and inspiration for
the music of Hou en Trou. The band
name Hou en Trou is hard to translate,
even for speakers of modern Dutch.....

...The word ‘ hou’ was first recorded
in 1285 and comes from ‘ hellen’ , which
means ‘ to love’ (in modern Dutch:
’ houden van’ ). Trou (modern:‘ trouw’ )
means true, or loyal. From the late
Middle Ages, ‘ Hou ende Trou’ has served
as the Dutch equivalent of ‘ Fides et
Amor’ , parole of the city of Ghent. As
time passed however, it’ s meaning has
changed into something like ‘ steadfast
under any condition’ . Because of its
historical background and militant
message, the expression has often been
used in modern times to stir patriotic
feelings in both Flanders and the
Netherlands.
In the 1930s, ‘ Hou en Trou’ was the title
of a Dutch Christian-conservative political
journal. Under the German occupation
1940-1945, this journal was banned for its
anti-nazi commentaries. On the other side
of the political spectrum, the Dutch
national-socialist movement NSB also used
‘ Hou en Trou’ as a political slogan.
Nowadays, the expression is outdated and
sounds a bit pompous, if not hilarious. Our
music could be described as melodic, analogue,
plugged in, wave(ish), military, dark(neo)folk
rock. We sing in Dutch. We do not believe in
anything, because wbelieve everything.

NIHIL NOVI SUB SOLE is a young Dutch Ambient/Martial/Industrial
outfit founded in early 2008 by the German-Dutch Musician Marco.K,
who’ s already active in the music scene for two decades now, and
played in bands such as DEINONYCHUS, BETHLEHEM and DARK SANCTUARY.
NIHIL NOVI SUB SOLE is the embodiment of all fear and lost hope
derived in wars, utter violent behaviour and psycho-traumatic
events. Ingredients which give the music an eerie but yet
melodramatic approach, shifting between different styles; from
Dark Ambient with Neoclassical influences, up to pounding MartialIndustrial music, and related genres….

NIHIL NOVI SUB SOLE has in a short period already produced
numerous songs which have found their way on the internet,
and caught the desired attention of the public and recordlabels.
In late 2008 a deal was concealed with My Kingdom Music from
Italy, but if that wasn’ t enough, a joint venture took place in
mid-2009 as My Kingdom Music started to collaborate with a brand
new label from Germany called LICHTERKLANG. The fundament of this
collaboration just happens to be the release of NIHIL NOVI
SUB SOLE’ s debut album “ Jupiter Temple” …..
So far the only official releases have been a compilation song
called “ Tannenberg-1914” on the Compilation album “ Tribute to the
Dead Soldiers Vol.II” by French online label La Caverne Du Dragon,
in Summer-2009. In the same period a promo-CD was made solely for
magazines and radio stations.

AIMS is a Hungarian underground arts and music collective,
label and a group of friends, which consists of projects
and bands made by the members of a six member neofolk/
industrial group, Durch Heer und Kraft. Our goal is to
help each other thru releasing CDs, organising concerts,
etc... and strenghten the hungarian industrial scene.
THE COMPILATION "1956 - BLOOD OF THE LOST HEROES" IS OUT NOW!

Tarack is a martial industrial project created by
Jozsef Ottucsak. Tarack's music is strongly inspired
by hungarian march songs, traditional folk music,
classical music, neofolk and martial industrial.
The tracks in the myspace player are for preview
purposes only, they are demo tracks and not complete
yet.
Influences: Our grim past, present and future. In music:
Durch Heer Und Kraft, Von Thronstahl, Sturmast, Triarii,
Death In June, Johnny Cash, Sopor Aeternus

PROTEA group is divided into 4 sectors, the first "Protea Records"
is a record label and distributor, which also acts as a promoter
of Spanish bands. The second "Protea International" acts the same
way but with international bands. The third is "Protea Art & Org",
portal where we expose different artists and designers and photographers willing to work with gangs and with different media,
helping to carry to term these projects. This portal also serves
as a showcase where you show the different organizations, shops,
clubs, etc. .. To move the scene of our country. The fourth
section is "Protea Webzine" where we try to show the public what
happens in the international area and in our country, where we
find all the news on events and revies, etc ... Protea ultimately
tries to bring the international public to the creations of our
country, and try to make our country a little more is known what is
being done, just trying to attract more public to these genres in
our country because we are a little disconnected from certain
trends and genres that are moving the international music market.